Arknights' Lock of Heaven

First, a complete overhaul... year?

Forget it, this hotpot-obsessed mythical beast is already useless. It's fine for blacksmithing, but forget about going to the battlefield.

It's not that she can't fight, but... she probably wouldn't be willing to travel all over the world with him.

Turtle?

Hmm, there just doesn't feel right about taking a child to the battlefield.

Hoshiguma?

He's a police superintendent in Longmen, with a bright future ahead of him, why wouldn't he come here to be a lowly soldier?

Saria?

This is...too high-end, I feel like there's no chance of it.

Anaconda?

Oh, that's a good idea. With her interests and hobbies, Xia Yu might be able to get some 'good stuff' from Kroos and lure her back.

Glossiness?

Hmm, let's build a good relationship with Nearl first.

We've chosen a reinstallation option, but what about the others?

As for the Vanguard... Chen might be a good choice.

After all, he and she were quite familiar with each other, and they were even roommates.

Moreover, bringing Chen in can also solve the Vanguard problem; the bagpipes are incredibly useful!

I just don't know when the latter came to the island. Xia Yu and Lao Chen mentioned it before we came, and it seems that Bagpipe isn't on the island yet.

Well, we have both Guards and Vanguards, so let's get a few Specialists to handle special situations.

Hmm... a lion scorpion?

Hmm, it seems she has her own department now. I wonder if we can poach her from someone else.

After all, the Manticore is really amazing!

Besides Manticore... Phantom? Red? Ironhide? Ash? Gravel?

These are all operators that Xia Yu is familiar with.

Hong and A-Xiao are excluded; they both have their own work units now.

Phantom... he's quite a mysterious person. I wonder if I can bring him in.

As for Gravel... he should still be in Kazimierz, right?

That leaves the iron-eating beast, but it seems they're here for treatment...

Well, let's leave it at that for now.

With the special forces gone, that leaves the warlocks.

Hmm... Eyjafjalla?

Well, forget about that. They're proper scholars. Even if they went to Rhodes Island, they'd only be the ones issuing missions. Going to the battlefield...

Putting everything else aside, Kal'tsit alone would not agree to it. She had worked so hard to recruit such a highly skilled person, and you're going to make him a lowly soldier?

That's too wasteful, let's get a different one.

Mastema?

Hmm, I don't think we can pull it up...

Charmander?

Well, her guardian probably won't agree to her going out on fieldwork.

Xi is currently staying at home in Yan Kingdom. She won't remember her younger sister until Kross and Yan Rong have both grown up.

Besides, a homebody like me probably wouldn't want to go on field trips with me.

Crossed out, sigh, I still quite like Xi.

After all, it restored the glory of the group's magic.

So, what about Kroos?

This one's great, super easy to turn!

It refers to Kroos's attack method after leaving the game...

Yeah, after one burst of attacks, we ran out of weapons.

Let's take another look.

Medical... Warfarin and Kal'tsit can be ruled out first.

Both of them require sitting in an office and only occasionally go out on fieldwork.

The Shining and the Nightingale...

Nightingale's health isn't good, so she can't go out and adventure, but Shining will never leave her.

That leaves Bai Gugu and Xuyu.

Bai Gugu was the group healer who accompanied Xia Yu through the beginner period, but it is estimated that she will be bound to the Rhine Life Group, so the possibility of recruitment is not high.

Xuyu was the milk she loved to use before she transmigrated.

You can skip Shining and Nightingale with 5 potential, but you can't do without Raindrop.

Go back and give it a try.

Support is optional, but Angelina is worth considering.

Lily of the valley is out of the question, it's too small.

First Snow came to Rhodes Island for medical treatment, so it's not appropriate.

If it's sniping...

First, we can rule out Exusiai.

Of course, I'm not talking about gua sha (scraping therapy), but rather that they're doing very well at Tencent Logistics.

W?

Hmm, it seems she won't stay on Rhodes Island.

Hei... is still in Siesta, and probably won't leave her young lady.

Greythroat has its own squad.

Rosemary... Heaven knows why she's a sniper. She's more like a caster than Kroos, but she's also an elite operator with her own squad.

Platinum...like Gravel, he's probably still working in Casimir right now.

Blue Poison?

You can give this a try.

That's about it. SilverAsh is out of the question. As for 42... maybe you should try to contact her sometime.

As for Skadi... although we share a dorm, I haven't seen her yet.

You don't realize it until you hear it, but it's actually quite hard to pick one.

After all, it's not like they'll come to your team just because you say something.

"Sigh," Xia Yu refilled her cup of hot tea from the King's Treasury, "Forming a team is such a hassle..."

There are many people I like, but from a practical point of view, there are very few who are actually suitable.

With a sigh, Xia Yu downed her hot tea in one gulp and casually tossed the teacup back into the Gate of Babylon.

Looking at the ripples constantly spreading in the void, Xia Yu sighed again.

I've practically turned the King's Treasury into the King's Locker... I still have to wait years to painstakingly craft a replica of the Noble Phantasm...

We can only take it slowly.

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Anto tossed and turned in his tent, unable to fall asleep.

A strange sense of irritation was growing inside me.

Eyjafjalla, on the other hand, was sleeping soundly. After all, she had spent the whole day studying her notes and occasionally had to work on a couple of formulas, which was quite mentally taxing.

Unable to sleep anyway, Anto quietly lifted the blanket and tiptoed out of the tent.

Upon arriving outside the tent, Anto shivered instantly as the cold wind of approaching winter blew through him. He then hunched his shoulders, tucked his hands into his pockets, and tucked his tail into his clothes before heading towards Xia Yu's residence.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Soon, the harsh winter will arrive, and perhaps heavy snow will cover the Dongling Mountains in the next day or two.

Having been away from Rhodes Island for so long, she has seen a lot of things, met a lot of people, and has a lot to say, but sometimes she doesn't know what to say.

Now, with the night deep and quiet, perhaps...

Anto slowly walked to Xia Yu's tent, and hesitated when he saw the tightly closed tent.